"Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed." - Francis Bacon

Additions to this site also included construction of an educational shelter, which was designed and built by students (Clarie Anderson, Jeremy Truog, adn Chris Walters) in the "Design and Resource Development for Energy Conservation" course. The shelter was created to provide an area for educational displays and act as an outdoor classroom for programs related to restoration and composting projects. The structure was primarily made from locally milled red oak provided by Wilderness Lumber Company of Renfrew. This wood was milled from container pallets and from a yard tree that had been down in a storm. The concrete footing underneath the posts contain 20% fly ash in lieu of cement, which reduces the embodied energy inherent in the final concrete product. The roof is reclaimed slate, slavaged by former MS3 student Joseph Jenkins. Tim Chase, a contractor with Thomas Construction of Grove City, provided invaluable service by working with us throughout the project to help refine construction details. Universities facilities staff also helped tremendously with the project including Herb Carlson, Ralph Colosimo, Brad Winrader, Dick Dillaman, and Calvin Rippey. - Source: Sandra Mallory, former MS3 faculty, Alternator Article, Spring 1999

The restoration plan of the soil and site itself was developed by MS3 student Kody Cario who did the landscape design. Kim Wittorf, another MS3 student was hired to spread compost produced on the site over the hard ground and mix it with topsoil from another campus site. During the fall of 1998, Cario along with other MS3 students, Stephanie White and Stacey Moore planted about 50 trees (Redbud (Cercis canadensis), white and green ash (Fraxinus americana and F. pennsylvanicum), and several types of oak (Quercus spp.) and others that have becme uncommon to the area due to disruption of their habitat. The area was also seeded with a mix of native grasses and wildflowers. - Source: Marianne Sarrantonio, Alternator Article, Summer 1999.

Site preparation and trees ready to plant.